And its rich yield goes to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.”
Isaiah 5:17 - Revised Standard Version Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then shall the lambs feed [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, and [among] the desolate places of the [exiled] rich shall sojourners and aliens eat. American Standard Version (1901) Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat. Common English Bible Lambs will graze as if in their pasture; young goats will feed among the ruins of the rich. Catholic Public Domain Version And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the lambs shall feed according to their order: and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness. |
And its rich yield goes to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.”
They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.
Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies.
Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens.
Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
Her cities will be deserted for ever; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.
Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob, I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.
Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the field; the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; the owl shall hoot in the window, the raven croak on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.